National Environmental Policy Act Decision: Finding of No Significant Impact
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has prepared this decision document that is consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA, and USDA departmental and APHIS NEPA-implementing regulations and procedures. This NEPA decision document describes the Agency’s NEPA decision and explains the rationale for making it.
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